Quality of Love By Barbara White When I became pregnant, I learned that veteran parents talk to parents-to-be almost exclusively in clichés: “Sleep while you can”; “Your life is about to change forever”; “Enjoy every moment... Read More...
Why Land Acknowledgments Make Bad Liturgy By Adam S. Linton As it seems to me, a brief and true definition of virtue is “rightly ordered love.” Saint Augustine, City of God, 15.22 Land acknowledgments at meetings and gatherings have become widesprea... Read More...
The Communion of Saints As we have approached Allhallowtide this year, I've been rather mindful of mortality: my own, my loved ones', and others around me. There are a number of factors: the outbreak of a new and terrible war; observi... Read More...
On the Necessity of Transparency in Title IV Proceedings By Jeanine Driscoll At the 2018 General Convention, the House of Bishops offered a Listening Liturgy to acknowledge and lament the pain caused by clergy and others who hold religious authority in our church ... Read More...
From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965) By H. Boone Porter Jr. Edited and introduced by Richard J. Mammana, Jr. The following essay by Harry Boone Porter Jr. (1923-99) was first published in The Anglican, Lent 1965, pp. 3-6 and distributed sepa... Read More...
Remembering Life’s Journey By Daniel Martins I have not seen the movie Barbie, and most likely never will. But I have two daughters who, when they were of an age that girls tend to play with dolls, had multiple iterations of Barbie. M... Read More...
From the Archives: Worship in an Era of Permanent Change By Leonel L. Mitchell Edited and introduced by Richard Mammana Jr. In 1964, Leonel Lake Mitchell (1930-2012) became the first person to receive a Th.D. in liturgical studies from an Episcopal seminary whe... Read More...
From Law to Grace: The Gospel in the Holy Eucharist By John Deepak Sundara As I grew up, it was fairly common to hear the Summary of the Law, right after the Collect for Purity, at the very beginning of the Holy Eucharist. It says: Hear what our Lord Jesus ... Read More...
